[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 135 (Thursday, July 15, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 42418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-15983]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-831]


Fresh Garlic From the People's Republic of China: Notice of 
Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the 
preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on fresh garlic from the People's Republic of China until 
November 29, 2004. This extension applies to the administrative review 
of seventeen exporters, Clipper Manufacturing Ltd., Jinxiang Dong Yun 
Freezing Storage Co., Ltd., Fook Huat Tong Kee Pte., Ltd., H&T Trading 
Company, Huaiyang Hongda Dehydrated Vegetable Company, Jinxiang Hongyu 
Freezing and Storing Co., Ltd., Jinan Yipin Corporation, Ltd., Linshu 
Dading Private Agricultural Products Co., Ltd., Linyi Sanshan Import & 
Export Trading Co., Ltd., Shandong Heze International Trade and 
Developing Co., Shanghai Ever Rich Trade Company, Sunny Import & Export 
Limited, Taian Ziyang Food Co., Ltd, Tancheng County Dexing Foods Co., 
Ltd., Jining Trans-High Trading Co., Ltd., Xiangcheng Yisheng 
Foodstuffs Co., and Zhengzhou Harmoni Spice Co., Ltd. The period of 
review is November 1, 2002, through October 31, 2003.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 15, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Minoo Hatten or Mark Ross, AD/CVD 
Enforcement, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1690 and (202) 482-4792, 
respectively.

Background

    On December 24, 2003, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published in the Federal Register the Notice of Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews (68 FR 
74550), in which it initiated an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on fresh garlic from the People's Republic of 
China (PRC).

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), provides that the Department will issue the preliminary results 
of an administrative review of an antidumping duty order within 245 
days after the last day of the anniversary month of the date of 
publication of the order. The Act provides further that the Department 
may extend that 245-day period to 365 days if it determines it is not 
practicable to complete the review within the foregoing time period.
    The Department has determined that it is not practicable to 
complete the preliminary results by the current deadline of August 2, 
2004. There are a number of complex factual and legal questions related 
to the calculation of the antidumping margins in this administrative 
review, in particular the analysis of the valuation of the factors of 
production. We require additional time to issue supplemental 
questionnaires, review the responses, and verify certain information. 
Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the 
Department is extending the time limit for the preliminary results by 
120 days, until no later than November 29, 2004.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: July 8, 2004.
Jeffrey A. May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group I.
[FR Doc. 04-15983 Filed 7-14-04; 8:45 am]
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